As you can see, every 5 dusts adds another increment of the Base TD to the final TD of the combine.

Multi-Metal Swords

The Base TD of a multi-metal sword is calculated differently than a pure metal sword, but the Dusted TD calculation is the same. You can see a table of Multi-Metal Sword Task Difficulties further down this page.

Work Value

The Work Value is also the XP gained in the skill, so long as the WV is less than 20x the Task Difficulty.

Actual Damage Dealt

Every sword in the game has a base damage rating, as denoted by the YY in (xx,YY), but in order to calculate the actual damage the sword will deal, you need to account for a lot of other factors. Because of the way the server does math, each of the terms of the equation must be rounded down to the nearest whole number